Tobacco-pipe, cigar-holder, and cigarette-holder.



No- 809,325. PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

1 L. PROBYN. TOBACCO PIPE, CIGAR HOLDER, AND CIGARETTE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-15. 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1- No. 809,325.- PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

L. PROBYN. TOBACCO PIPE, CIGAR HOLDER, AND CIGARETTE HOLDER,

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15. 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHBET 2. F192.

No. 809325. PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

L. PROBYN.

TOBACCO PIPE, CIGAR HOLDER, AND CIGARETTE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 313.15, 1905.

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LESLIE PROBYN, FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE.

TOBACCO-PIPE, CIGAR- HOLDER, AND CIGARETTE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed February 15, 1905. Serial No. 245,801.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LESLIE PROBYN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Freetown, Sierra Leone, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco- Pipes, Cigar-Holders, and Cigarette-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to pipes, cigar-holders, and cigarette-holders of the hookah type, in which the smoke passes through a liquid or filtering medium, or both combined, and in which the hookah part may be used at will or not. i

The object of the present invention is to simplify the construction of such a pipe, cigar or cigarette holder.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of one form of a cigar or cigarette holder of the hookah type. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a plan, of another form of cigar or cigarette holder with the mouthpiece removed. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively a vertical longitudinal section and plan of another form of cigar or cigarette holder. Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 show another modification of a cigar or cigarette holder, Fig. 6 being a vertical section of the complete apparatus with the water-chamber and mouthpiece removed, Fig. 7 being a side elevation of the upper part of said apparatus, and Fig. 8 a side elevation of the lower part thereof. Fig. 9 is a plan of the lower part separately. Fig. 10 is a longitudinal vertical section of a pipe, showing still another modification; and Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the lower part thereof. Fig. 12 is a plan of the lower portion shown separately.

- Although in all the figures except Figs. 10, 11, and 12 I have shown cigar or cigarette holders, it will be understood that it is only necessary to substitute a bowl for the holder to make any of the forms into a pipe.

In all the forms of apparatus shown the water-chamber may be closed to prevent the water escaping when the apparatus is carried in the pocket or laid on its side; but I am aware that this feature is not a novelty separately considered.

In all the forms of apparatus shown the smoke may be caused to pass through the water or other liquid or direct to the mouthpiece, as desired.

In the apparatus shown in Fig. 1 the smoke d, which passages pass into the body of the plug or stopper and out through opposite sides thereof. The plug or stopper (Z fits a ring or socket 0, carried by the upper part of a chamberf, preferably made of glass. The said ring or socket 0 has two passages e e in opposite sides thereof, one of which is continued by means ofa tube f to the lower partof the chamber f. The end of this tube is formed with downwardly-extending points or projections f thus causing the smoke to escape into the water at more than one point. This chamber f may be partly filled with water or other liquid, and it may be provided with one or more diaphragms made of fine gauze or other suitable filtering material or with a bundle of straws or quillsf filling a section of the chamber f and arranged vertically to the level of the liquid. The lower part of the chamber may contain small pieces of pumice-stone or other suitable material g. One of the diaphragms or bundles f should be above and one should be below the level h of the liquid. The chamber f is preferably in the form of a tube closed at its lower end. This tubular chamber may be provided with a bulb enlargement f at its lower end and with a similar enlargement about midway between the lower enlargement and its upper end. In order to insure a tight joint between the two bores, the one leading from the holder and the other from the mouthpiece, and the two passages in the plug or stopper 03, one of the parts is fitted with two short tubes 6 b entering the openings in the other part. The plug or stopper cl may be partly turned round in its socket 6, thereby cutting ofi communication between the interior and exterior of the cooling and filtering chamber f, as the passages d 0Z and e e in the two parts all and 0 will no longer coincide. The cooling and filtering chamber f is preferably arranged as near to the mouthpiece end of the pipe as convenient and at such an angle to the stem that the chamber will be approximately vertical when the pipe is held in the mouth.

Instead of forming the stopper (Z as above described I may form it with two passages (Z 3 larly the short tubes (Z cl may be made to project from the stem 5 and to fit into holes and cavities in the stopper.

The upper surface of the plug (Z (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3) is formed with a passage 0, as shown more clearly in Figs. 8 and 9, or

' it may be formed with a groove 0 acting as a passage, as shown in Figs. 10 and 12, so that the smoke may be caused to'pass direct from the holder (4 to the mouthpiece c, as hereinafter described.

Another method by which the water can be prevented at will from escaping from the chamber f holding the liquid and the smoke allowed to pass direct from the holder to the mouthpiece is to make the stopper longer, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. A ringj is made, from the outside of which and in diametrically opposite directions two tubes project. One of the tubes terminates in the mouthpiece 0 and the other in the holder at. The passages from mouthpiece c and from holder apass through the ring j. Thus these passages end in two holes 1" in the inner surface of the ring, such holes being exactly opposite one another. The stopper 0 is then placed through the ring 7', which it must fit exactly. Owing to its length, part of the stopper will pass sufiiciently through and beyond the ring to enable it to act as stopper to the liquid-holding chamber f. At the two points on the exterior surface of the stopper which face the ends of the two passages 7", above described, two holes 6 0* are made in a downwardlysloping direction. The two holes pass downward vertically through the stopper 0 to the base thereof. One passage 0 is then continued by a tube f to the lower part of the liquid-holding chamber f, as already described. In addition to the two passages above describedadirect passage a is made through the stopper. This direct passage passes through the stopper at same level as the two entrances to the two passages 6*, above described; but its ends are at about right angles to the other entrances. It will be noticed that when the entrances to the two passages c e coincide with the mouths of the holes y" in the inner surface of the ring a continuous air-passage is made between the holder (6 through the stopper 6, then down into and through the liquid. then up again through the stopper 0, and thence to the mouthpiece 0. If the stopper a is given a quarter-turn, communication with the liquid is cut OH and continuous communication is established between the holder at and the mouthpiece 0 by means of the passage 0 through the stopper. At the top of the stopper a handle a is fixed, which should project slightly over the sides of the ring This handle 6 serves, first, as the means whereby the stopper 0 can be twisted, and, secondly, to prevent the stopper from falling through the ring j. The mouthpiece 0 is preferably fixed at such an angle that the chamber will be approximately vertical when the pipe is held in the mouth.

In all the forms hereinbefore referred to the parts are merely held together by friction. In Figs. 1 and 2 a tube Z is employed for this purpose. In the remaining figures some more definite method of connecting the parts is shown.

In Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 the parts are held together by a bayonet-catch or double incline. The stem 7) of the holder has two downwardlyprojecting pieces m, each having an inwardlyprojecting flange m. The plug d has two lateral flanges a, each having double inclines 12/ and a central stop of. When the plug dis placed in position and turned in one direction,

as shown in Fig. 6, the two parts 5 and d are securely fastened together by two of the inclines n, and the smoke passes down into the water-chamber through the passage Z), hole d tube f, and thence to the mouthpiece by the hole 618 and passage If. It will be noticed that the plug cl has a passage 0 therein terminating in the holes 0. When the plug (Z is turned in the opposite direction to that shown in Fig. 6, it is secured by the other two inclines n and the holes 0 are coincident with the holes Z) 6 and the smoke can then pass direct from the holder at through the hole Z2, through the passage 0 to the hole 6 leading to the mouthpiece. When the parts are in the position last described, the holes d7 (F, leading from the water-chamber, are stopped, as their upper ends are against a solid surface on the under side of the part b. The plug d has a central boss 19, entering a hole in the stem 6.

The apparatus shown in Figs. 10, 11, and 12 is a modification of that shownin Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9; but it is shown applied to a pipe. In this form of the invention two pins p are carried by a downwardly-extending portion of the stem 6, which pins engage under double inclines q, carried by the plug d, and thus secure the parts firmly together. The pins p may engage under either of the inclines q. When in one position-that shown in Fig. 10 the smoke passes down through the liquid and out of the mouthpiece. When the parts are turned so that the pins 10 engage under the other inclines, the grooves 0 will connect the bores b and b and the smoke will pass from the bowl to the mouthpiece without passing through the water. At the same time the tops of the holes 65 and d will come under solid portions of the stem and being held in contact therewith no liquid will be able to escape.

If desired, the central portion of the pipe may be entirely removed, and the mouthpiece end 0, having the boss 0, may be inserted direct in the cavity 5, which is made to receive either it or the boss 6 carried by the portion 6.

I do not limit myself to the forms of stopper hereinbefore described,as any stopper may be employed which will provide communication between the holder or bowl, liquid-chamher, and mouthpiece in one position, will cut off communication between the interior and exterior of the liquid-chamber when partly rotated, and will at the same time provide a direct passage from the holder or bowl to the mouthpiece.

, Having fully described my invention, what through the liquid, a cross-passage in said plug intermediate of the other two passages and adapted in one position to directly connect the passages leading from the holder and mouthpiece, a liquid-chamber carried by said plug and adapted to be turned and to assume two positions at right angles to each other, substantially as set forth.

2. In an apparatus for smoking tobacco, the combination of a holder, a mouthpiece, passages leading from said mouthpiece, a plug having two passages therein the upper ends of which are adapted in one position to register with the passages leading from the holder and mouthpiece the lower ends of which lead to a liquid-chamber and cause the smoke to pass through the liquid, a cross-passage in said plug intermediate of the other two passages and adapted in one position to directly conmeet the passages leading from the holder and mouthpiece, a liquid-chamber carried by said plug and adapted to be turned to assume two positions at right angles to each other and stops to limit the motion of said plug, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

LESLIE PROBYN.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS LATHAM, F. A. MILLER. 

